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Rethinking the human costs of climate change By Richard Horton
In the preface to Pulse to Planet: the Long Lifeline of Human Health (2023), an eloquent appeal to a world on the edge of “civilisational suicide”, K Srinath Reddy argues that the “main driver” of our mortal predicament “is a lack of understanding of how the wellbeing of humans is closely connected to one another, other occupants of this planet, and to our common environment”. In his view, “health is the best summative indicator of sustainable development as it connects many dimensions of human activity”. Looking at the causes of this gloomy future, Reddy concludes that “Climate change, in particular, will have a cascade of harmful consequences.” It seems a lifetime ago (it was only 2009) since the first Lancet Commission on Climate and Health concluded that “Climate change is potentially the biggest global health threat in the 21st century.” Few agree with that view outside the cognoscenti of global health. According to a UK opinion poll published last week, only one in ten people believe that climate change is a serious problem. BP has ditched plans to substantially reduce fossil fuel production. Intensive lobbying by oil and gas companies has helped to persuade a new UK Government to invest £22 billion in subsidies for carbon capture projects, acknowledging that fossil fuels will be an important part of the country's energy mix for decades to come. Meanwhile, a large majority of climate scientists expect a rise in average planetary temperature of at least 2·5°C above pre-industrial levels. Why are we losing the argument about the importance of a growing climate emergency?
For further details, please refer to the article available at: The Lancet.
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